Garuda Mudra: encourage openness and communication so you can express yourself fully and freely

What would it feel like to express yourself freely?

Refreshing? Empowering? Freeing?

Garuda mudra helps you give yourself full permission for FULL expression. The ideas and intelligence only you possess can’t make a difference if you don’t allow them to be expressed into the world! Your voice can only make an impact if you share it!

Encouraging self-expression is ALWAYS helpful, but especially aligned during Gemini season.

This hand shape helps you connect to your throat chakra, or vishuddha, so you can use your communication in a way only you can. Garuda is the sanskrit word for eagle and this mudra helps you embody and channel the eagle energy of freedom and openness. It also supports the physical anatomy and functioning of your neck, throat, vocal cords, and jaw.

Cultivate all of this for yourself with this mudra and these tools to support its intention!

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🫶🏻MUDRA: Garuda Mudra

Benefits of Garuda Mudra:

• communication

• expression

• freedom

• openness

• alignment of the cervical spine

• supports health of the throat and vocal anatomy

• soften tension from the neck, jaw, and face

• connection to the air element

• connection to your vishuddha or throat chakra

Why practice Garuda Mudra:

Through a connection to your throat chakra, Garuda mudra opens your voice so you can use it to create change for yourself and others!

How to practice Garuda Mudra:
Bring your left hand in front of your heart with your palm facing in and your thumb on top. Take your right wrist across your left and connect your thumbs. Fan the rest of your fingers out as you hold this in front of your throat. Soften your shoulders and align your spine.

🧘🏻‍♀️MEDITATION: Meditation to Express Yourself Freely

WHY:

A mudra meditation to open your full capacity for expression by working with vocal expression through mantra and non-verbal expression through finger movements.

PLACE:

Find any comfortable seat, add support under your sit bones if you’d like.

MOVING MUDRA:

Bend your elbows and hold your hands next to your shoulders facing forward. Soften your shoulders and align your spine. Begin to alternately press your thumb tip to your index finger tip and then your ring finger tip.

PRANAYAMA: 

Breathe long and deeply in and out through your mouth as you alternate your fingers - inhale with your index finger and exhale with your ring finger. 

MANTRA: 

Invitation to work with the mantra SA  RE. Verbally (or mentally) chant SA when you inhale and connect your index finger and thumb. Mentally chant RE (ray) when you exhale and connect your ring finger and thumb. This mantra helps open your expression. Continue for three to five minutes 

Customize it: You can also choose any other mantra that resonates.

TO END:

With an exhale, release control of your breath and bring your hands into Garuda Mudra by bringing your left hand in front of your heart with your palm facing in and your thumb on top. Take your right wrist across your left and connect your thumbs. Fan the rest of your fingers out as you hold this in front of your throat. Soften your shoulders and align your spine. Pause for at least one full minute to reflect on how you feel and how you can allow yourself more freedom of expression before releasing your hand shape.

✨MANTRA:

I express myself fully and freely

I hope you embrace the full freedom of your expression!